Cap



Jan, 13, 1925.

s. WERNER lgzgg CAP Filed A112. 14, 1924 v INVENTOR Samuel wwwa ATTO EYS Patented Jan. 137 1925.

TED STATES SAMUEL ER,. OF RUTHER-EORD, NEW JERSEY.

CAP.

Application filed August 14, 1924. Serial No. 731,903.

To all ywhom 'it may conce/ML.'

Be it known that I SAMUEL VERNER. a-

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rutherford,.eounty of Bergen, and Stateof New Jersey, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful 11nprovements in Caps, ofA which the following the cap in order-to obtain the Ventilating feature.

This invention has for its salient object to provide a cap of the character specified so constructed that the Ventilating features incorporated therein will not detract from the neat and attractive appearance of the nother object of the invention is to provide a cap of the character specified so constructed that the cap will be ventilated both when the front of the cap body is secured to the visor and when the front is detached from the visor and elevated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cap of the character described so constructed that the cap will not lose its shape when the front of the cap is elevated.

Further objects of the invention will ap pear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawings, which forni a part of this application, and in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cap constructed in accordance with the invention, the front of the cap being shown in elevated position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cap shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the front end of the cap being raised to show the visor opening and screen. l

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation taken through the visor and front portion of the cap body showing the visor construction and the screen in the cap body, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the visor construction.

'ihe invention briefly described consists of a` cap comprising a body portion and a visor. the front portion of the body being adapted to extend over and be detachably secured to the visor. The visor is provided with an opening therethrough and is preferalily formed in two pieces, the edges of theopening being finished. The front pore tion of the cap has an opening therethrough in which is secured a screen whereby air is admitted to the interior of the cap body. V-hen the front portion is secured to the visor. the screen is positioned substantiallyv in alinenient with the opening through the visor. Further details of the invention will appear from the following description.

The invention as illustrated in the drawings toniprises a cap having a body 10 and a visor 11 secured to the front edge offthe body. rihe front portion 12 of the body eX- tends over the visor and is adapted to be deta ihably secured thereto by a snap fastener 13.

s shown particularly in t, the visor 11 is formed in two pieces designated as 111 and 15. An opening 16 is formed between the two pieces 14 and 15 of the visor, the opening being crescent-shaped in the forni of the invention shown. From the showing in Fig. 3 it will be noted that the material covering the visor extends around the section 15 and is secured to a portion 18 of the cap body and to the sweat band 19.

'The material of the cap also entirely surrounds the portion 111 of the visor.

T he under side of the forwardly extending' portion 12 of the cap body has an opening formed therein adapted to register with the opening 16 and this opening in the portion 12 has secured therein a screen 20 having its outer edge bound with a finishing tape 21. This tape is extended downwardly at its rear end as shown at 22 and is secured to a finishing tape 23 which in turn binds the lower edge of the cap body.

The sweat band 19 is secured in the usual way to the lower edge of the cap body and extends around the inside of the cap.

The cap can be worn with the front portion 12 secured to the visor by the Snap fastener and in this case, the air can enter through the visor and through the screen which is positioned directly above the visor opening 16. The cap can also be worn with the 'front detached from the visor in which case the air can enter the cap directly through the screen 20 as shown in Fig. l.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that the Ventilating features do not detract from the neat and attractive appearance of the cap.

Although one specilic embodiment of the Vinvention has been particularly shown and described, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement ot` the various cooperating parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope ot' the invention, as expressed in the following claims.

lWhat I claim is:

l. A cap comprising a body portion, a visor comprising a pair of members secured to the front of the cap body in spaced relation to each other providing a ventilating opening therebetween, saidvisor members being formed of sti material, the front portion of the body being adapted to extend over the visor and means for securing said portion to the visor, the front portion of the body having a screen therein positioned in alinement with the opening through the visor when the visor and the front portion ot the body are secured to-Y gether. i

being securedto thejcap body'and said pieces being spaced-apart to Jform an opening therebetween, one of the pieces being secured to the cap body atthe` front central portion thereof and the other piece being secured to the body at the ends ot' the piece secured at the central portion of the body.

3. A cap comprising a body portion and a visor secured thereto, thefront portion of the cap body being adapted to extend over the visor, means forsecuring said front portion to said visor, saidv visorcomprising two pieces, one piece being secured to theA front central portion of the capbody and the other piece being secured to the front of the body at spaced points disposed at the ends of the said first piece, said pieces being spaced apart to provide a Ventilating opening therebetween, and the cap body having a screened opening in the Jfront portion disposed in alinement with the opening in the visor when the front body p0rtion ot the cap is secured tothe visor.

In witness whereof` I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of August, 1924.

SAMUEL VVEBNER. 

